channing tatum - the son of no one production notes
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 And what Montiel has created with The Son of No One is both a captivating character piece and a cleverly crafted suspense thriller in which there aren’t completely good guys or bad guys, but rather all the key characters are painted in varying shades of gray. As Montiel explains, “It starts off in 1986 about two kids living in the Queensbridge projects in Astoria, Queens, who kill two people and get away with it. The rest of the film concerns how they deal with that as adults in 2002 when something occurs that impacts their lives and all the people around them.”
Montiel elaborates: “One of the boys, Jonathan White (then known as Milk), played as an adult by Channing Tatum, becomes a cop because he needed the medical insurance. He and his wife, played by Katie Holmes, had a baby, and he was tired of working at 7-11s and record stores. It’s hard to get a normal job these days and getting a job as a cop gets you medical insurance. And that’s why Jonathan becomes a cop at 30 years old. So he’s now a cop, working close to his
home in Staten Island and can live a relatively normal life with his wife and daughter.
“But then he gets transferred over to the 118th Precinct in Astoria, Queens, where he grew up and where much of the film takes place. He thinks it’s a bit weird, wondering why he’s been transferred there. It’s all under this supposedly ‘Quality of Life’ program going on in Astoria, where they’re trying to ‘clean up’ the projects—and basically run people out in order to develop the land for nice condominiums.
“They’re bringing in a lot of cops from different precincts for this, so Jonathan thinks that’s probably why he was transferred to the Astoria precinct,” continues Montiel. “But once Jonathan’s been brought into the precinct, he begins to feel that he’s been brought back there for other reasons. That’s where the interesting, weird twists begin—as his past slowly comes back, and things start to happen.
“Al Pacino’s character, Stanford, is now Deputy Commissioner, but back in 1986, he was a detective and Jonathan’s father’s partner—he’s known Jonathan since he was a baby. After Jonathan’s father was killed, Stanford would always take care of him—the way some people will just check in on a kid. I think part of it was that he felt bad for a little white kid in the projects. So when the boy is rumored to have killed those two people, I think Stanford helps him out—the way I believe you could possibly get away with murder in 1986. “So it seems that Stanford covered up the killings for young Jonathan—and then in 2002 things start to resurface. Captain Mathers, played by Ray Liotta, is about to replace Stanford as Deputy Commissioner. Now people are starting to receive letters alluding to the killings and Bridges, a journalist played by Juliette Binoche, is printing them. Stanford and Mathers are concerned that rumors will start about corruption in the police department and need to put a stop to that.”
Montiel admits he’s always been a big thriller fan. “I like all kinds of thrillers. Morgan Freeman, white girl, serial killer – I’d go. Ashley Judd, black guy, serial killer – I’d go. They switch around once in a while. But I do love thrillers, so there’s a thriller thing going on in the film, too.”
“I think it’s a beautiful story, but some pretty scary and crazy things happen. When two young boys are involved in killing people, whether it’s justified or not, and then covering up the acts—that’s scary. And what happens when this begins to be uncovered when they’re older; it’s no less scary.”
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